Foreigners
Alicante prepares for biometric border control
From October 2025, the EU rules force people from “third-party” countries to enter European territories through the “entry-exit system”...
Gunshot wound and a kidnapping raise alarm among Orihuela Costa residents
The Guardia Civil is investigating an altercation on the Orihuela Costa in which a man was shot and seriously injured. The individual, about whom the Guardia...
One dead migrant and 16 others dehydrated on boat found 62 miles off Alicante
Javea Maritime Rescue The Spanish Navy has rescued 16 sub-Saharan migrants from a small boat 62 miles off the coast of Alicante, as well as the corpse of...
44% of homes in Alicante province were purchased by foreigners
The Spanish Association of Property and Commercial Registrars reported that the province of Alicante accounted for an impressive 44.34% of total sales in the...
14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante
On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante. In the middle of...
The system meltdown prompts Alicante immigration authorities to protest
The Comisiones Obreras have called on workers at the ExtranjerÃa in Alicante to start protesting outside the capital office (c/ EbanisterÃa, 03007 Alicante) on...
Why do drug traffickers use Benidorm as their destination?
Despite its benefits and drawbacks, tourism is the lifeblood of Benidorm. The metropolis of towers is brought down to earth by the crime statistics, which...
Both domestic and international migration are contributing to the Valencian Community’s ongoing population growth
The “Migration and change of residence statistics” for 2023 have been released by the Generalitat Valenciana’s Statistical Portal, confirming...
75% of people who move to the province of Alicante are from outside of Spain
As of the end of 2024, there were almost two million people living in the province of Alicante. This made it the fourth most populous region in Spain, after...
